Ottawa plans on expanding its clean technology and electricity tax credits to include heat and electricity produced by burning biomass, as outlined in its fall economic statement. …Ajay Dalai, the Canada Research Chair on Bioenergy out of the University of Saskatchewan, said Canada is “sitting on a gold mine in terms of biomass availability of products.” …“The amount of bioenergy that we produce in the country is about seven terawatt hours compared to one thousand terawatt hours worldwide — a very small fraction coming from the Canadian biomass.”…The fall economic statement is proposing to expand eligibility to the 30% Clean Technology investment tax credit to include “systems that produce electricity, heat, or both electricity and heat from waste biomass.” …This is welcome news for the Forest Products Association of Canada. …However, some environmental groups argue that biomass is not as green as it seems, including Stand Earth. …Accompanying legislation is expected to be introduced in fall 2024.